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ment at Washington through the Forester. Many 

 cases of law arise on the National Forests such as 

 cases of timber, fire, and grazing trespass. All 

 these are handled in the Office of the District For- 

 ester. The Office of Accounts in the districts is 

 in charge of the District Fiscal Agent who is an 

 assistant to the Chief of Accounts in the Washing- 

 ton Office. Three of the districts have a Branch 

 of Products. The Experiment Stations in the dis- 

 tricts are under the supervision of the District For- 

 ester and the men in charge of them bear the same 

 relation to the District Office as the Supervisor of a 

 National Forest. Most of the districts also have 

 in the Office of Silviculture a Consulting Patholo- 

 gist who has charge of all problems relating to tree 

 diseases. 



The following scheme will illustrate in a general 

 way the organization of the Forest Service and 

 show how the National Forests are administered at 

 the present time : 



